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On 17/04/10 13:55, Geoffrey wrote: > I am about to buy a new PC with a blank HDD which is to be installed > with Ubuntu. Bearing in mind that 10.04 is on the horizon how should I > go about this? > My existing working PC has 9.10 (fully upgraded of course) and its home > directory is backed up on an external HDD. This PC will continue to be > used unchanged in a different home location and in a secondary role and > will be upgraded to 10.04 in due course of time. > I prefer to load Ubuntu from a CD as my internet service plan is limited > to 1 Gb. > I see several ways of installing Ubuntu on the new PC: > 1. Install 9.10 (hopefully in current upgrade state) now from a CD > that I will have to order and get from Ubuntu-AU. > Load in the home directory files from the external HDD. > Load all the programs currently used by me via Synaptic Package > Manager. > Upgrade to 10.04 when it is released for the working computer. By the > way when is that to be? > 2. Wait for 10.04 and install on the new PC when a CD becomes available > through Ubuntu-AU. > Load in the home directory files from the back up on the external HDD > (will this work in the new version of Ubuntu?). > Load all the programs currently used by me via Synaptic Package > Manager. > 3. Have the local computer shop copy the contents of my existing PC's > HDD (9.10 + installed programs and files) on to the new PC's HDD. > Upgrade to 10.04 when it is released for the working computer. > > I would like the process to be seamless and maybe one of more of the > above ways may have problems. > Your advice/experience would be appreciated. > Geoffrey Hi Geoffrey, I believe that "option 2" would be your best plan of attack. You can load the files from your backup copy of your old home directory. That's basically what I do as I've never really had much luck with upgrading. I prefer to do a fresh install for a new release & copy across my backed up data. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReinstallingSamePackages will help you to load the same apps in 10.04 that you currently have installed on your 9.10 computer. Basically it's as simple as: "dpkg --get-selections > installed_packages.txt" will output all the packages you have installed currently in 9.10 to a text file named "installed_packages.txt". To reinstall all the packages in that list in 10.04, you just have to run: "dpkg --selections < installed_packages.txt" and then run: "sudo apt-get dselect-upgrade" As for your question regarding when 10.04 will be released, the following website will give you all the details: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LucidReleaseSchedule Hope this answers your questions :) Mitch Towner http://mitchtowner.net/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJLyXG5AAoJENegJk0fbKNMsMYIAMVgK5Xp4M10tq35c0s+aF+4 sJOzTAhux3DaauJEBdm5xdwXkD/a+qgOFx/SW6AH0ZxJnJWtY5ydRnhp0Vfj8IhN PW1HfU9llgErOaW6eWrQwzmbobzuYcxGzHPHrX7HDv7e1my8FIF1nUGHgusa/uAx 6JJauIaYna8nh9SGODYrNOI/TKHOrNfeMBvlDH2z45L2ykQR9ErgUAN0o9PnRZE2 WtWh7AYymeadBhZfPvdZhpfHgC6d8YHsww2Js0kZQUDbClZqXPfogZprTu212HEV 38CIr8TP3NMOA8DtcMQqHolYK/H1uQMqPl8U4kk8R8urTBMCUzADFLPNBKz5IbQ= =Vf5p -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au